Combined bed and couch.



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D. T. OWEN. COMBINED BED AND coUoH.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1906.

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ATTEST.

y iiNirEDv srATEs PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID r. OWEN,

`or CLEVELAND, omo, Assie'NOR To THE D. T. OWEN COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OE OHIO.

COMBINED BED AND couoH.

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and useful Improvements in Combined Beds and Couches, and do declare that vthe following is a full, clear, and exact description .of the invention', which will enable others skilled lin the art to which it appertains to `make'and use t-he same.

My'invention relates to improvements'in leonribinedbeds and couches, and the iniprovement consists in the construction and 'arrangement of parts, all substantiallyvas shown and described and particularlypointed out in the' claims.

My object is einbodiid in a convertiblel ieceoffurniture adapted lo fold and un.

old to provide either a bed or a couch and wherein the bed and the couch-seat have separate spring -sections each adapted to its own particular use. This latter feature rovides for comfort, cleanliness and durability in the. use of the device in either of its forms. The question of practical proportions also enters into 4the making and use of a convertible article of ythis kind, as it is highlydesirable to have the couch of-proper length, width and height, bed ofthe right length, width and-height. Simplicity ofvoperation is also a factor to be. considered, as Well as stability and safety in use, and I have providedfor each and all ofthese requirements in the construction as hereinafter more specifically described.

v.n the accompanying drawings F igure 1 is aperspective view' of my improved bed and coiic as it appears as a couch. Fig. 2 is a larger view in cross section of the coin-l1 as'shown in Fig. l, and showing a'dotied line position of the parts partly unfolded. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the couch frame withan end view of the bed and seat shown in'full. lines, inoi'ie of the positions assumed, and in dotted -lines as down for use as a bed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one'eiid oft-he couch seat and bed frame, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a portion of the couch frame showing' the socket for the bed pivot.

The couch fra'ine is designated by 2 and comprises ends 3 and sido rails 4 with an upholstered back 5 pivotally connected at OWEN, a

as well -as to produeeal Specification of Letters Patent. Application mea im 5.1906. serial Namaste.

Patenqed'Nov. 1e, 1907.

seat, all as hereinafter more specifically described.

Now, referring to the-seat, it will be seen that the same comprises' a frame 6 adapted to form the main bed frame section and for .convenience ofdescription the said frame is hereinafter described asa bedfrarne and the seat is designated b 7 and the bed Inattress by 8. A centra division wall 9 of slats or metal frame work divides frame 6 into u per and lower halves and seat 7 has its coi ed 'springs 10 mounted in half, and the bed mattress has springs 12 of its own in the lower half. A cover of upholstering13 iinishes seat 7 at its top and sides.

A supplemental bed section 14 is .hinged at15 upon the ends of frame 6,`and this section oecu'pies the space between side rails 4 and is concealed from View except when lused as a bed. It will be noted that section 14 is of less width than the other sections and of lessjwidththan the inside of couch frame 2 whereby a lateralinoveni'ent of this sectionwithin frame 2 is inade possible dur'- ing folding and unfolding;

Frame 6 has pivot lugs 16 at each end and atthe front of the couch, and these lugs are preferably located centrally between the to plane of seat 7 and the sleeping plane of beg mattress S.

Hinge pivots 15 of bed section 14 are on the same front side of frame 6 as pivot lu s 16 and in the same vertical plane, but this need not be their exact location but prefci'ably so because it provides for a simple and practical construction of couch. tion 14 is alsoprovided with mattress s rings 17 and when the bed sections are fol ed as seen in Fig. 2, the, slee ing surface .of the spring mattress is doiib ed upon itself, but when unfolded is brought to the saine level plane by the arrangement and location of the pivot connections for the sections.

The free end of bed section 14 is sup Orted when down by end projections or roliers 18 which-rest and ride upon inner bottoni ledge 19 Of ends 3, and said rollers 18 also-serve as supports foi said section when unfolded.

the upper Bed see- Thus, when frame 6 is unfolded and bed secsaid section meet as seen in full lines Fig. 3. tion 14 is raised said projections 18 engage From this osition section 14 is-bodiljyT carthe beveled end of catches 20, one at each ried upwarg as a rigid part of frame 6 until end and nally come to position into the locking occurs between projections 18 and hook portion of the catch. Each catch 20 is catches 20. 704 pivotally suspended upon the inside face of The folding of the arts is just thev reverse ends 3 and drops into locking 'position by of unfolding, except t at the first movement gravity, or 'a spring latch or an `equivalentv im arted to section 14 by raising frame 6 is a construction may be used instead. sli ing movement to disengage projections y Frame 6 and section 14 are bodily re- '18 from catches 20. 75h

movable together from couch frame 2, as Any other suitable spring bed bottom may pivot lugs-16 merely rest in open sockets 21 be used in lieu of-the coiled springs shown, mounted upon ythe inside vface of the front' and in some instances this is preferably the post of ends 3. Legs 22 rigidly secured on case especially where more room for bedding the freeside'of bed frame 6 serve to su port is desired. Frame 6 and bed sections 14 may 80 said frame when unfolded, and saidp legs also be made up of metal instead of Wood standv u right behind'pivoted back 5 when and in this event either angleiron or tubing the couc is folded and the back 5 is down. would be the preferred form of the material. When the parts are folded as seen in Figs. Y What I claim isr- 2Q 1 and 2 a pivoted member 25 on frame 6 is '1. In a combined bed and couch, a couch 85 adapted to lock the seat against upwardrr frame, a combined seat and bed frame havmovement by the engagement of shoulder 26:. ing a seat portion and a bed bottom respecagainst the bottom edge of cross rail 27 of tively arranged upon opposite sides thereof frame 2. This locking is especially effective and pivoted to s wing from one inverted po the event that bedding is folded between sition to another within said couch frame, 90 he sections as such bedding tends to raise fixed legs at the free side of said bed frame', the couch seat more or less according to the and a separate couch back pivoted to swing thickness or amount of bedding stored away. upon said couch frame and ada ted to over- Member 25 is pivoted to ears on a base plate lap and conceal said legs vw en the bed 2-8 secured to frame 6 and is centrally located frame is folded. 95 between the ends of the frame. A stud or 2. In a combinedv bed and couch, a couch screw 29`\.\on plate 28 projects through an frame, a combined couch seat and bed frame i opening in the lower end of member 25 and a pivoted on said couch frame and adapted lto spring 30 between the head of said stud or4 be inverted, a locking memberforsaid couch screw and said member provides a spring seat adapted to engage a part of said couch 10o control for rocking. said member within. frame, and a hand strap attached to said limits on its pivot and a stra 31 attached to member ada ted to effect both unlocking the piv'ot pin passes throng an opening in and'raising of) said seat and bed frame. the u per end of member 26 and provides a 3. In a combined bed and couch, a couch i 40 hand old for the operator whereby the first frame and a bed frame pivotally mounted 105 pull uponthe strap will effect disengagement therein, a spring locking 4member forlsaid etween shoulder 25 and rail 27 and then bed frame, a hand strap connected with said bring a positive pull upon frame 6 at its free member, fixed legs for said bed frame, and a side to unfold thesame. swinging couchA back upon said couch frame The foldin and unfoldingof frame 6 autoadapted to overlap and conceal said legs and 110 matically fo A ds and unfolds bed section 14 locking member.

' and the operation of converting the couch 4; In a combined bed and couch, a couch into a bed and the bed Vinto a couch is simframe and a bed frame. comprising two bed plieity itself. Assuming that the parts vare sections pivotally connected and one of said 1n use as a couch and folded as shown in sections'- having a separable pivot connec- 115 Figs. 1 and 2, the operator throws the back tion with said couch frame, supporting mem-v 5 u out of the way and then grasps strap 3() b ers on said couch frame lfor said bed secan raises the free end of frame 6 and swings tion, fixed legs. on said bedframe, and a it back over an arc of half a circle, or from couch back pivote'd on said couch frame and the ftll line position in'Fi 2 vto the dotted adapted to overlap said legs when the bed 120 line position in Fig. 3. 'I is action inverts frame 'is'folded' seat 7 and brings both bed mattress sections 5.. In a eombined bed and couch, a main uppermost on the same high plane formerly frame having pivot rests at its ends and a occupied by the seat and unfolds-section 14 swinging spring mattress frame havin pivot to make a continuous bed bottom of standmembers removably mountedv in sai rests, 125

ard double width. The dotted' lines in` Fig; said spring niattross'frame consisting of two 2 illustrate the rearmost position of section sections hinged together to fold one upon the` 14. and then as frame 6 is vcarried still onward other, and a set of rests fixed uponsald main said section reverses its movement until the frame at different elevations to supportthe respective edges 32 and 33 of frame 6 and free ends of said lower section when folded -13 1 said ed hinged together and ,adapted :to unfold to the ermee and unfolded and adapting said lower inember lto be inverted end swung outward to give access to the interior of seid mainframe.

6. Ina. combined-bed and couch, a' mein frame, a swinging double frame removably and `pivotelly su portedupon said mein frame, seat and ed spring mattresses en said double frame, and seid mein jreme having rests et different elevations with which seid double frame has seVv arable en agement.

7. In a combined be and couc, a'inain frame having a rail across its front and bottom and an invertible bed frame pivoted Within the ends' of seid main frame with its' `pivots above end s aced a art from seid rail, s ring Ybottoms or seid ed freine, :ind frame comprising two sections same horizontel plane above seid rail and apart therefrom, and free engaging and disen aging rests for seid sections adapting eit er section to be swung freely and to be removed together from the main frame.

8. In a combined bed and couch, e main frame and a two part bed frame pivotally mounted therein, n, sent and a bed spring botltoni respectively mounted upon opposite freine part, and sup orting members for the' free ends ci seid be( frame sections, in combination with means upon sind man1 frame Jend said bed fre-me ade ted to lock said sections one upon the ot ier within the main frame.

Q- A mein frame, e, bed freine ivotelly mounted therein, e seat on one si e end e bed spring bottoni on the other side oi" sid bed frame, e supplemental bed section hinged to the bottom side of seid bed frame, supports for seid sections adapted to permit free movement of said section in respect't'o seid main frame, and ii rear rail onsaid mein frame and locking means on said bed freine adapted to engegev therewith to revent upward movement of the free en of said bed freine. l

ln testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses,

DAVID T. OWEN Witnesses:

R. B. Mos'nn, C. A. SELL. 

